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Cthulhu’s Dark Cults ed. David Conyers (Chaosium, February 2011, 978-1-56882-235-8, $14.95, ix+239pp, tp, oa) [Cthulhu]
Original anthology of ten Lovecraftian stories (one a reprint) of dark and secretive orders. Conyers discusses how Lovecraft’s Mythos spawned the popularity of cults in the Call of Cthulhu game.

vii · Introduction · David Conyers · in

1 · The Eternal Chinaman [Cthulhu] · John Sunseri · nv

31 · Captains of Industry [Cthulhu] · John Goodrich · nv

57 · Perfect Skin [Cthulhu] · David Witteveen · ss

71 · Covenant of Darkness [Cthulhu] · William Jones · ss Horror Carousel #3, Spring 2005

84 · The Whisper of Ancient Secrets [Cthulhu] · Penelope Love · ss

103 · Old Ghost [Cthulhu] · Peter A. Worthy · ss

122 · The Nature of Faith [Cthulhu] · Oscar Rios · nv

153 · The Devil’s Diamonds [Cthulhu] · Cody Goodfellow · nv

174 · Requiem for the Burning God [Cthulhu] · Shane Jiraiya Cummings · nv

215 · Sisters of the Sand [Cthulhu] · David Conyers · nv

237 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Extreme Planets ed. David Conyers, David Kernot & Jeff Harris (Chaosium, January 2014, 978-1-56882-393-5, $18.95, 356pp, tp, oa, cover by Paul Drummond)
Details taken from online listing.

6 · Introduction · David Brin · in

9 · Banner of the Angels · David Brin & Gregory Benford · ex from Heart of the Comet, Bantam Spectra, March 1986

19 · Brood · Stephen Gaskell · nv

46 · Haumea · David Nordley · nv

74 · A Perfect Day off the Farm · Patty Jansen · ss

88 · Daybreak · Jeff Hecht · ss

99 · Giants [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv

121 · Maelstrom · Kevin Ikenberry · ss

134 · Murder on Centauri · Robert J. Mendenhall · nv

180 · The Flight of the Salamander · David Smith & Violet Addison · ss; given as “Murder on Centauri” on some of the page headers.

199 · Petrochemical Skies · David Conyers & David Kernot · nv

230 · The Hyphal Layer · Meryl Ferguson · nv

253 · Colloidal Suspension · Geoff Nelder · nv

271 · Super-Earth Mother · Guy Immega · nv

299 · Lightime · Jay Caselberg · ss

311 · The Seventh Generation · Brian Stableford · nv

Piercing the Darkness: A Charity Anthology for the Children’s Literacy Initiative ed. Craig Cook (Necro Publications, February 2014, 978-1-939065-56-8, $15.95, 420pp, tp, oa, cover by Daniela Owergoor)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Craig Cook · in

11 · King of Shadows [God of the Razor] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Joe R. Lansdale’s Lords of the Razor ed. Bill Sheehan & William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2006

43 · Quiet Bullets · Christopher Golden · ss Son of Retro Pulp Tales ed. Joe R. & Keith Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2009

63 · Haven · Kealan Patrick Burke · ss Ravenous Ghosts by Kealan Patrick Burke, 3f Publications, 2003

77 · Brave Girl · Jack Ketchum · ss Right to Life by Jack Ketchum, Edge Books, 2002

87 · Dealing with Mama Lila · Sandy DeLuca · ss

99 · Husband of Kellie · T. T. Zuma · ss

103 · Obedient Flies · Greg F. Gifune · ss Down to Sleep by Greg F. Gifune, Goddess of the Bay Publications, 1999

119 · Exit Strategy · Tim Waggoner · ss

123 · Abattoir Blues · James A. Moore · ss

143 · Cannonball Lycanthrope · Janet Joyce Holden · ss

153 · Throwing Monsters · Jonathan Janz · nv

175 · The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown · Jeff Strand · ss

183 · The House in Cyrus Holler [Will Castleton] · David Bain · nv

217 · Cooked · Jonathan Maberry · ss
originally appeared in the 2012 audio collection Tales from the Fire Zone.

231 · Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2010

239 · Letting Go · Mary SanGiovanni · ss

255 · The Viking Plays Patty Cake · Brian Keene · ss The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2008

261 · Shadow Chaser · Simon Wood · ss Book of Dark Wisdom #7, Fall 2005

273 · The Folly · Robert Dunbar · ss Martyrs & Monsters by Robert Dunbar, DarkHart Press, 2009

293 · Spider Goes to Market · Gerard Houarner · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #18, 1997

303 · Pest Control · C. Dennis Moore · nv

325 · I’m So Sorry for Your Loss · Ronald Malfi · ss

331 · Timothy Meek · Gord Rollo · ss

349 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Summer 1987

359 · Searching · Monica O’Rourke · ss

363 · Fire · Elizabeth Massie · ss Darkness on the Edge ed. Harrison Howe, PS Publishing, 2010

377 · Dance of the Blue Lady · Gene O’Neill · ss Cemetery Dance #53, 2005

389 · Dinosaur Day [Cedar Hill] · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss The Fear Within ed. A. Nicole Thomas & Elizabeth Peake, 3F Publications, 2003

Perfunctory Affection by Dawn Cook--- see under Kim Harrison.

Hotter Than Hell ed. Dawn Cook & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Kim Harrison.

An Empire Unacquanted with Defeat by Glen Cook (Night Shade Books, June 2009, 978-1-59780-140-9, $24.95, viii+248pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Dread Empire]
Collection of ten stories (two original, one slightly revised) in the Dread Empire series. Cook discusses the series’ publication history in the introduction, and provides comments on each of the stories.

vii · Introduction · Glen Cook · in

1 · Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · na The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980

55 · The Nights of Dreadful Silence [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Fantastic Stories September 1973

63 · Finding Svale’s Daughter [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss

69 · Ghost Stalk [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1978

97 · Filed Teeth [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Dragons of Darkness ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1981

135 · Castle of Tears [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Whispers October 1979

145 · Call for the Dead [Vengeful Dragon; Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1980

187 · Severed Heads [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984

213 · Silverheels [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #6, May 1971; slightly revised.

223 · Hell’s Forge [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv

Garrett Investigates by Glen Cook (SFBC, October 2004, #1170607, $14.99, 982pp, hc, om, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett]
Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett, P.I.: Deadly Quicksilver Lies (1994), Petty Pewter Gods (1995), and Faded Steel Heat (1999). This has ISBN 0-7394-4752-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

1 · Deadly Quicksilver Lies [Garrett] · Glen Cook · n. Roc, 1994

291 · Petty Pewter Gods [Garrett] · Glen Cook · n. Roc, 1995

545 · Faded Steel Heat [Garrett] · Glen Cook · n. Roc, 1999

Garrett, P.I. by Glen Cook (SFBC, August 2003, #58514, $14.99, 673pp, hc, om, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett]
Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett: Old Tin Sorrows (1989), Dread Brass Shadows (1990), and Red Iron Nights (1991). This has ISBN 0-7394-3608-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

1 · Old Tin Sorrows [Garrett] · Glen Cook · n. Signet, 1989

213 · Dread Brass Shadows [Garrett] · Glen Cook · n. Roc, 1990

433 · Red Iron Nights [Garrett] · Glen Cook · n. Roc, 1991

Winter’s Dreams by Glen Cook (Subterranean Press, April 2012, 978-1-59606-360-0, $45.00, 287pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)
Collection of 14 stories. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 ($75.00) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Song from a Forgotten Hill · Glen Cook · ss Worlds of Tomorrow 1971

19 · And Dragons in the Sky · Glen Cook · nv Clarion II ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1972

51 · Appointment in Samarkand · Glen Cook · vi Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972

53 · Sunrise · Glen Cook · nv Eternity #2, 1973

75 · The Devil’s Tooth · Glen Cook · nv The Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror v1 #5, 1974

111 · In the Wind · Glen Cook · nv Tomorrow Today ed. George Zebrowski, Unity Press, 1975

151 · The Recruiter · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories March 1977

159 · The Seventh Fool · Glen Cook · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1978

165 · Ponce · Glen Cook · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories November 1978

179 · Quiet Sea [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1978

209 · Darkwar · Glen Cook · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1982

237 · Enemy Territory · Glen Cook · ss Night Voyages #9, Winter/Spring 1983

257 · The Waiting Sea · Glen Cook · ss Archon 7 Program Book, Archon, 1983

269 · Winter’s Dreams · Glen Cook · ss Balticon 31 Program Book, 1997

Wisconsin Fiction: Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Issue ed. Marshall Cook (University of Wisconsin Press, January 1998, 1882280016, $12.95, 144pp, tp, an)
Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Vol 85. Contents from Amazon.com.

· From the Editor · Marshall Cook · pr

· Foreword · Marshall Cook · fw

· Dining on Memories at the Starlite Cafe · Marnie Krause · ss (r)

· Bachelor Party · C. J. Hribal · ss (r)

· How to Save a Cat and Fall in Love · Karen Loeb · ss (r)

· Surface Tension · Martha Bergland · ss (r)

· December’s Dreams · Thomas Bontly · ss (r)

· Marrying Jerry · Margaret Benbow · ss (r)

· Energy · Julie King · ss (r)

· Putting Up Storms · Carol Sklenicka · ss (r)

· Summer Snow · David R. Young · ss (r)

· Sand Dollar · Peg Sherry · ss (r)

· Two Points · Tom Joseph · ss (r)

· Quick Bright Things · Ron Wallace · ss (r)

· Saint Philomena, Pray for Us · Gordon Weaver · ss (r)

· Fatimata’s Ancestors · David Tabachnick · ss (r)

· The Korporat’s Polonaise · Anthony Bukoski · ss (r)

· Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Fatal Distractions ed. Paul Cook, Steve Holland & Melissa Hyland--- see under Steve Holland.

Leaders of Labor by Roy Cook (J.B. Lippincott Company, September 1966, LC:66-07604, 152pp, hc, nf)
Brief accounts of men who are chiefly responsible for the origins, growth, and sometimes downfall of labor unions.

Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye ed. Stanley J. Cook & Stephen V. Whaley--- see under Stephen V. Whaley.

Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved: The Dragons’ Return ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (White Wolf/Malhavoc Press, March 2005, 1-58846-883-6, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by J. P. Targete)
Original anthology of 12 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game.

vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in

1 · Essence of the Dragon · Will McDermott · nv

26 · Not All That Tempts · Bruce R. Cordell · ss

45 · The Mad Mojh of Onteth · Ed Greenwood · ss

62 · Envoy · Jeff Grubb · nv

86 · Oathsworn · Mary Herbert · nv

112 · Pride · Wolfgang Baur · nv

136 · Vows · Richard Lee Byers · nv

159 · The Sand Veils · Lucien Soulban · nv

181 · This Land Is in Our Blood · Stan · nv

207 · Manipulators · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

234 · Loresight Legation · Kate Novak · nv

255 · Memories and Ghosts · Monte Cook · nv

Monte Cook’s Arcana Unearthed: Children of the Rune ed. Sue Weinlein Cook (Malhavoc Press, August 2004, 1-58846-864-X, $6.99, vii+277pp, pb, oa, cover by Mark Zug)
Original anthology of 13 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game.

vi · Introduction · Sue Weinlein Cook · in

1 · Stone Ghosts · Lucien Soulban · nv

23 · How It Works · Monte Cook · ss

36 · The Silent Man · Richard Lee Byers · nv

60 · Hollows of the Heart · Bruce R. Cordell & Keith Francis Strohm · ss

80 · The Fallen Star · Ed Greenwood · ss

99 · Child of the Street · Will McDermott · nv

120 · Clash of Duty · Miranda Horner · nv

144 · The Pebble Before the Avalanche · Mike Mearls · nv

165 · Name Day · Wolfgang Baur · ss

184 · Singer for the Dead · Jeff Grubb · nv

205 · Precious Things · Thomas M. Reid · ss

224 · Skin Deep · Stan · nv

248 · Not Without Cost · Monte Cook · ss

Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1960, hc, an)
Reprint (Dutton 1959 as Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection) anthology.

Best American Detective Stories of the Year—1954 ed. David C. Cooke (Boardman, 1955, 258pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Dutton 1954 as Best Detective Stories of the Year—1954) anthology.

Best Detective Stories of the Year ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1946, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 316pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in

17 · Married to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Argosy July 1945

54 · Slick Trick · Royce Howes · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 3 1945

68 · Don’t Come Back Alive! · Robert C. Dennis · ss Detective Tales November 1945

78 · White Carnations [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Collier’s February 10 1945

96 · Prelude to Murder · Walter C. Brown · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1945

118 · The Man Who Lost His Head · Bruno Fischer · nv Doc Savage July 1945

138 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945

155 · Press Agent for Murder · A. Boyd Correll · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 1945

174 · The Case of the Sobbing Girl · Day Keene · nv Detective Tales 1945

203 · Just a Minute, Dr. Marlowe · Marie Beynon Ray · ss Cosmopolitan April 1945

220 · Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv Black Mask May 1945

250 · Wish You Were Dead · C. William Harrison · nv New Detective Magazine July 1945

282 · The Booby Trap · Henry Norton · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine November 1945, as “You’re Cute—Electrocute”

299 · Slightly Perfect · Norman A. Daniels · ss The Shadow April 1945, as by Peter Reed

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1947 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1947, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 253pp, hc, an)

11 · The Wine Glass · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan May 1946

26 · Malice Domestic · Philip MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #35, October 1946

47 · The Murderer · Joel Townsley Rogers · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 23 1946

68 · McGarry, Mental Giant [Dan McGarry] · Matt Taylor · ss This Week 1946

78 · Small Secret · Edward Stevenson · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1946

93 · The Adventure of the Three R’s [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #34, September 1946

115 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946

130 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947

135 · Hidden Evidence [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1946

147 · The Riddle of the Black Museum [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #28, March 1946

165 · Terror · Will F. Jenkins · ss The American Magazine August 1946

180 · A Voice Behind Him · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine January 1947

190 · The Watchers and the Watched [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #33, August 1946

219 · Of Mice and Murder · C. William Harrison · nv Detective Tales August 1946, as “Pay Through the Nose!”

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1948 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1948, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 251pp, hc, an)

7 · The Inspector Is Discreet [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s June 21 1947

25 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

42 · Motive for Murder · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 1 1947

71 · The Retired Hangman · Anthony Boucher · ss Shadow Mystery February/March 1947

89 · But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s October 18 1947

111 · The House Where Death Dwelt · Margaret Manners · nv Argosy May 1947

146 · The Adventure of the President’s Half Disme [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #39, February 1947

171 · The Key in the Lock · Harold Goldman · ss This Week 1847

187 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Collier’s January 11 1947

196 · The Little French Lady’s Scalp · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1947

220 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

237 · The Stranger on Horseback · James A. Kirch · ss Collier’s May 24 1947

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1949 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1949, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 252pp, hc, an)

9 · The Green-and-Gold String [Dr. Alcazar] · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #59, October 1948

47 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss This Week May 2 1948

61 · Sentence of Death · Thomas Walsh · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 23 1948

83 · Calling All Cars! · Karl W. Detzer · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1948

99 · The Black Door · Henry Norton · ss Argosy November 1948

117 · The Death Position Enigma [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #60, November 1948

141 · Silent Witness · Harold Goldman · ss Collier’s September 25 1948

153 · The Defense Rests · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss This Week 1948

169 · Neighborhood Killer · William Holder · ss Argosy August 1948

189 · The Laughing Butcher · Fredric Brown · ss Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1948

211 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948

229 · Crime in Plastics · Harry Klingsberg · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1948

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1950 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1950, LC:46-5872, $2.50, 253pp, hc, an)

9 · Double Exposure · Ben Hecht · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #69, August 1949

23 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine December 1949

43 · Murder for Two · James A. Kirch · ss Argosy June 1949

61 · A Nice, Clean Job · William Fay · ss The Elks Magazine 1949

81 · The Cat’s-Paw · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #67, June 1949

102 · The Inspector Had a Habit [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s March 26 1949

118 · The Stalking Shadow · Sidney Herschel Small · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 13 1949

139 · The Dog Died First · Bruno Fischer · nv Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1949

167 · Crisis, 1999 [Bela Joad] · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #69, August 1949

189 · Remember the Night · Day Keene · ss Argosy December 1949

209 · Brood of Evil [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Collier’s April 2 1949

229 · The Million-to-One Chance [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #72, November 1949

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1951 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1951, LC:46-5872, $2.75, 250pp, hc, an)

7 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950

39 · Nearly Perfect · A. A. Milne · ss Cosmopolitan August 1950

48 · Florian Slappey—Private Eye [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1950

72 · Burden of Guilt [Daniel “Pop” Egan] · John & Ward Hawkins · nv Collier’s March 4 1950

95 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950

113 · The Chinese Dagger · Sidney Herschel Small · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 9 1950

132 · McGarry and the Television Frame-Up [Dan McGarry] · Matt Taylor · ss This Week 1950

145 · Trouble on 98th Street · Frank Taubes · ss Argosy October 1950

161 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950

183 · The Foolproof Frame-Up · Harry Klingsberg · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 26 1950

205 · Into the Web · David M. Newell · ss The Elks Magazine 1950

219 · The Walking Corpse · Clayre & Michel Lipman · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950

245 · Murder Without Clues [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week January 29 1950

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1952 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1952, LC:46-5872, $2.75, 252pp, hc, an)

5 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in

13 · Where Angels Fear to Tread [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951

43 · Total Recall · James Helvick · ss Lilliput July 1950

61 · Night in the Warehouse · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss Argosy November 1951

81 · The Man with the Sneer [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #88, March 1951

105 · Once Upon a Crime · Octavus Roy Cohen · nv The Elks Magazine 1951

129 · The Smuggler · Victor Canning · ss Lilliput June/July 1951, as “Dialogue Behind a Curtain”

137 · The Kiss-Off · John P. Foran · ss Male 1951

151 · Goodbye Forever [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #97, December 1951

177 · Kiss of Kandahar [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s February 17 1951

199 · The Last Day of My Life · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv The Blue Book Magazine March 1951

227 · Murderer’s Luck · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard July 17 1951

235 · The Emperor’s Dice [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #89, April 1951

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1953 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1953, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 256pp, hc, an)

9 · Mom Makes a Bet [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #110, January 1953

25 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952

44 · Till Death Do Us Part · James A. Kirch · nv Argosy March 1952

74 · One-Way Street [Detective Inspector Painton] · Anthony Armstrong · ss 1946

85 · Mystery of Kela Ouai · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard November 29 1951, as “Death of a Brother”

93 · Public Eye · Anthony Boucher · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1952

111 · Calendar Girl [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s September 20 1952

132 · The Jinx Man [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #109, December 1952

162 · The Wagstaff Pearls [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week September 21 1952

174 · Stabbing in the Streets [David Wiley] · Eleazar Lipsky · nv Manhunt February 1953

195 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv New Detective Magazine February 1953

243 · For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1954 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1954, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 258pp, hc, an)
In England (Boardman 1955) as Best American Detective Stories of the Year—1954.

7 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953

25 · Graveyard Shift · Steve Frazee · ss Manhunt May 1953

40 · Little Things Like That [Insp. Peter Curwen] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #118, September 1953

61 · “My Queer Dean!” [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week March 8 1953

67 · The Bystander · Oliver La Farge · ss Cosmopolitan April 1953

83 · The Revolution Racket [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Detective Magazine January 1954

117 · Mugger Murder · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt April 1953

127 · The Killer Is Loose · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 13 1953

157 · The Dead Run · W. J. Wallace · ss Collier’s January 8 1954

172 · The Attacker [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #122, January 1954

193 · Small Homicide · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt June 1953

207 · Kill and Run · Frank Ward · na Cosmopolitan February 1953

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1955 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1955, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 249pp, hc, an)
10th Anniversary Edition.

9 · The Choice · Richard Deming · nv Manhunt June 1954

31 · Ticket to Death · Evan Hunter · na Argosy September 1954

91 · Perfect Alibi · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The American Legion Magazine 1954

99 · GI Story [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1954

111 · Shopping for Death · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s June 1 1954

127 · You Can’t Trust a Man · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt January 1955

145 · I Always Get the Cuties · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1954

157 · The Trapping of Tio · Burnham Carter · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 27 1954

177 · Chinese Puzzle · Richard Marsten · nv Manhunt July 1954

199 · Killer in the Club Car · David Savage · ss This Week November 14 1954

213 · Mom Sheds a Tear [Mom] · James Yaffe · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954

237 · Confession · John M. Sitan · ss Manhunt July 1954

Best Detective Stories of the Year—1956 ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1956, LC:56-5872, $2.95, 252pp, hc, an)

9 · The Conscience of the Cop · William Fay · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1955

27 · Beyond the Shadow of a Dream [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1955

48 · First Offense · Evan Hunter · nv Manhunt December 1955

73 · Safety for the Witness · John De Meyer · ss The Saint Detective Magazine March 1955

90 · A Gun at His Back · John & Ward Hawkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 26 1955

109 · A Face Next Door · William Holder · ss The Elks Magazine 1955

119 · Custody · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt December 1955

133 · Broker’s Special · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1956

148 · The Redhead from New Orleans · Robert J. Levin · na Male 1955

201 · The Thief of Diamonds [Tio Martinez] · Burnham Carter · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 16 1955

220 · (Untitled) · Fred Levon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955

233 · The Body in the Rockpit · Rufus King · ss The Saint Detective Magazine October 1955

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 12th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1957, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 254pp, hc, an)

9 · Three Wives Too Many · Kenneth Fearing · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956

31 · A Criminal Mind · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan November 1956

46 · Midnight Kill · William Fay · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 9 1956

63 · The Trouble with Ruth · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957

76 · Terror Town · Ellery Queen · nv Argosy August 1956

106 · This Was Willi’s Day · Aaron Marc Stein · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1956

133 · The Last Spin · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt September 1956

143 · No, Not Like Yesterday [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv The Saint Detective Magazine November 1956

176 · Intrigue in Diamonds · Oscar Schisgall · ss This Week August 12 1956

184 · Within the Law · John Cunningham · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 19 1956

206 · One More Mile to Go · F. J. Smith · ss Manhunt June 1956

215 · The Bizarre Affair of the Seven Nudes · Robert J. Levin · nv Male 1956

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 13th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1958, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 249pp, hc, an)

5 · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in

13 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957

24 · Kitchen Kill [Pete Selby] · Jonathan Craig · nv Manhunt September 1957

47 · You Bet Your Life [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957

69 · The Last Dark Step · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy October 1957, as by Martin Manners

85 · The Bullets Lied · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week January 6 1957

92 · Million Dollar Gesture · William Campbell Gault · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958

128 · The Geniuses · Max Franklin · nv Manhunt June 1957

151 · Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1957

165 · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv Argosy July 1957

202 · Silhouette of a Killer · T. E. Brooks · ss This Week September 22 1957

212 · Say It with Flowers [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt September 1957

239 · Secret Recipe · Charles Mergendahl · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 14th Annual Collection ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1959, LC:46-5872, $2.95, 255pp, hc, an)
Also available in the U.K. (Boardman 1960 as Best American Detective Stories of the Year: 10th Annual Collection.

9 · Suppose You Were on the Jury · Thomas Flanagan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1958

25 · Over There—Darkness · William O’Farrell · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958

41 · Sinner or Saint · Donald E. Westlake · nv Mystery Digest December 1958

64 · The Dark Corner · Frank Ward · na Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine January 1959

116 · Ambitious Cop · Jack Dillon · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 13 1958

134 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1958

163 · To Crack a Safe · J. W. Aaron · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958

183 · One More Clue [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt April 1958

205 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished”

239 · Your Witness · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1958

Best of the Best Detective Stories ed. David C. Cooke (Dutton, 1960, LC:60-11550, $3.95, 279pp, hc, an)
15th volume in the Best Detective Stories of the Year series.

ix · Introduction · David C. Cooke · in

15 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945

33 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946

49 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Collier’s January 11 1947

58 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948

75 · Blackmail · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss The American Magazine December 1949

94 · A Boy’s Will · Q. Patrick (by Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #79, June 1950

112 · The Kiss-Off · John P. Foran · ss Male 1951

125 · For Value Received [Lloyd Chalmers] · Richard Deming · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

139 · The Killer Is Loose · John & Ward Hawkins · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 13 1953

174 · Chinese Puzzle · Richard Marsten · nv Manhunt July 1954

193 · First Offense · Evan Hunter · nv Manhunt December 1955

215 · Three Wives Too Many · Kenneth Fearing · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956

239 · The Day of the Execution · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1957

250 · Over There—Darkness · William O’Farrell · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958

267 · Bottle of Death · Gilbert Ralston · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 21 1959

Murder by 14 ed. David C. Cooke (Grove Press, 195?, $1.45, 384pp, tp, an)
Reprint (Merlin 1955 as My Best Murder Story) anthology.

My Best Murder Story ed. David C. Cooke (Merlin Press, 1955, LC:55-11544, $3.50, 384pp, hc, an)
Includes authors’ reasons for selecting each story. Also available in the U.K. (Boardman 1957) and as Murder by 14 (Grove).

7 · Foreword · David C. Cooke · fw

9 · The Aldine Folio Murders · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv The Dolphin 1940

38 · The Arrow of God [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949

69 · Always Trust a Cop · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #105, August 1952

92 · Spider [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator May 1934

122 · Ask Me Another [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask June 1937

146 · A Matter of Life and Death · John & Ward Hawkins · na Cosmopolitan June 1947

199 · Snafu Murder [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #25, November 1945

223 · Portrait of a Murderer · Q. Patrick (by Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler) · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1942

247 · Challenge to the Reader · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

265 · The Mad Tea-Party [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Redbook Magazine October 1934

306 · The Last Man Alive · Craig Rice · na The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #1, September 1953

328 · The Owl Hoots Twice · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s February 14 1948

345 · The Eleventh Juror · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories August 1927

369 · The Nightmare · David C. Cooke · ss 15 Story Detective February 1951

The Best of Fiction Magazine ed. Judy Cooke & Elizabeth Bunster (J.M. Dent, March 1986, 0-460-02464-7, £4.95, 312pp, tp, an)
Anthology with stories by Brian Aldiss, Alasdair Gray, Russell Hoban, etc.

1 · Foreword · Judy Cooke · fw

2 · The Bolt Hotel · Simon Burt · ss The Fiction Magazine 1982

12 · Mad About the Boy · Georgina Hammick · ss The Fiction Magazine 1985

30 · Buying a Dress · James Lasdun · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

34 · Box of Dreams · Maggie Brooks · ss The Fiction Magazine 1984

46 · Lost in a Nightmare · Richard Rayner · ss The Fiction Magazine 1986

54 · Sketches of London Pubs · Paul Cox · il The Fiction Magazine 1986

58 · Full Fathom Five · Marina Warner · ss The Fiction Magazine 1985

68 · Neighbours · V. S. Pritchett · ss The New Yorker July 5 1982

86 · Feeding the Old Man · Tim Aspinall · ss The Fiction Magazine Spring 1982

98 · My Boat · Raymond Carver · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

99 · Where Water Comes Together with Other Water · Raymond Carver · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

102 · Show Me Yours · Russell Hoban · vi The Fiction Magazine 1983

106 · Scream When You Burn · Charles Bukowski · ss The Fiction Magazine 1983

114 · Prend ce Sac, Mendiant! · Frederic Raphael · pm The Fiction Magazine 1986

116 · Train Talk · Allan Massie · ss The Fiction Magazine Spring 1982

124 · Fairy Tale · Janice Elliott · ss The Fiction Magazine 1982

132 · The Local Reporter · George MacBeth · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

136 · Flying Injuries · Helen Harris · ss The Fiction Magazine 1983

142 · The Green Boy · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss The Fiction Magazine 1983

152 · Snakes and Lovers · Lucy Pinney · ss The Fiction Magazine 1985

160 · Feet · Duncan Bush · ss The Fiction Magazine 1982

168 · The Love Object · Gillian Tindall · ss The Fiction Magazine 1982

182 · Imaginary Meadows · Aidan Higgins · ss The Fiction Magazine 1982

192 · Christmas 1931 · Dirk Bogarde · ss The Fiction Magazine 1982

200 · The Art of Stanley Middleton · A. S. Byatt · ar The Fiction Magazine 1985

208 · Like a Gangster on the Night of the Long Knives, But Somewhat in a Dream · Amos Oz · ar The Fiction Magazine 1982

218 · In Conversation with Alasdair Gray · Christopher Swan & Frank Delaney · iv The Fiction Magazine 1982

224 · In Conversation with Anthony Burgess · Richard Rayner & Jonathan Meades · iv The Fiction Magazine 1984

230 · Love Me Do · John Saul · ss The Fiction Magazine 1985

236 · The Tipperary Fanale · Desmond Hogan · ss The Fiction Magazine 1986

250 · Sunny Jim in Love · Hugo Williams · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

251 · Sunny Jim’s House · Hugo Williams · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

252 · Cornwall · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

253 · Visiting Home · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

254 · An old plate’s farewell to the table (after Geoffrey of Vinsauf) · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

255 · Saint Francis’s “Cantico di Frate Sole” (Done Into Hollywood Gangsterese) · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine 1985

256 · The Creamery Manager · John McGahern · ss The Fiction Magazine 1986

266 · Empire Building · Deborah Moggach · ss The Fiction Magazine 1985

284 · Vietnam Encore · Brian W. Aldiss · nv

306 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Aliens to Earth ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, March 10, 1997, 1-85881-443-X, £1.00, 71pp, pb, oa, cover by Chris Moore)
Young-adult anthology of five original SF stories by authors including Eric Brown and Douglas Hill.

1 · Mel and Squid and the Dustbin from Space · Douglas Hill · ss

17 · The Boy from the Back of Beyond · Helen Johnson · ss

33 · Come and Join the Party · Sue Welford · ss

49 · Sponsored · Hazel Townson · ss

57 · A World of Difference · Eric Brown · ss

Bad Dreams ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, March 10, 1997, 1-85881-452-9, £1.00, 74pp, pb, oa)
Young-adult anthology of six original horror stories by authors including Ann Halam.

1 · The Worm Under the Skin · Ann Halam · ss

15 · Pulling the Plug · Colin Pearce · ss

25 · Take Me Home · Angela Bull · ss

37 · A Midsmummer Night’s Scream · Sebastian Vince · ss

51 · Golden Slumbers · Jean Richardson · ss

63 · Worms · John Gatehouse · ss

Dare You: Stories to Surprise You ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-604-1, £1.00, 71pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)
Young-adult anthology of 5 original stories, 2 of genre interest.

1 · The Sarah Song · Ruth Symes · ss

17 · Anna the Detective · Leon Rosselson · ss

37 · My Brother the Rabbit · Mary Hooper · ss; genre.

45 · The Amazing Mr Endicott · Eric Brown · ss; genre.

59 · Chicken · Mary Hoffman · ss

Mirrors: Sparkling New Stories from Prize-Winning Authors ed. Wendy Cooling (Collins, September 3, 2001, 0-00-710588-6, £12.99, 240pp, hc, oa, cover by Catherine Parkinson)
Young-adult anthology of 15 original fantasy/contemporary stories on the theme of mirrors and reflections; illustrated by Sarah Young and Tim Stevens. Authors include Kate Thompson, Celia Rees, Malorie Blackman, Lesley Howarth.

7 · Introduction · Wendy Cooling · in

9 · The Fateful Mirror: The Story of Echo and Narcissus · Elizabeth Laird · ss

21 · The Mirrored Garden · Gaye Hiçyilmaz · ss

35 · mirrors dot com · Lesley Howarth · ss

49 · Never Trust a Parrot · Jeremy Strong · ss

63 · Watching · Malorie Blackman · ss

81 · Selim-Hassan the Seventh · Vivian French · ss

95 · Whose Face do you See? · Melvin Burgess · ss

113 · Silver Laughter · Celia Rees · ss

127 · tI esoL rO tI esU · Anne Fine · ss

139 · Double Vision · Paul Stewart · ss

153 · The Dragon’s Dream · Kate Thompson · ss

169 · Rochefault’s Revenge · Alan Durant · ss

185 · Lilac Peabody · Annie Dalton · ss

203 · The Disappearance · Mary Arrigan · ss

223 · The Girl of Silver Lake · Berlie Doherty · ss

236 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Out of This World: Stories of Virtual Reality ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-602-5, £1.00, 72pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)
Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories.

1 · When the VR-Bookatron Went Wrong · Eric Brown · ss

17 · Star Pupil · Lorna Read · ss

33 · A World of His Own · Nick Gifford · ss

47 · White Walls · Rhiannon Lassiter · ss

57 · Contact · Malorie Blackman · ss

Scared Stiff: Horror Stories ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-599-1, £1.00, 74pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)
Young-adult anthology of 5 original horror stories.

1 · The Gloves · Catherine Fisher · ss

17 · Madame Vara’s Stand-In · Kenneth Ireland · ss

35 · Night of the Stick Insects · Alan Durant · ss

47 · Gone Fishing · Jean Richardson · ss

61 · Sophie’s Jacket · Jane Ayres · ss

Simply Spooky: Ghost Stories ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-601-7, £1.00, 70pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)
Young-adult anthology of 5 original ghost stories.

1 · The Pirate Experience · Chris Powling · ss

15 · Garvey’s Ghosts · Annie Dalton · ss

31 · Advice from a Dead Man · Alan Gibbons · ss

43 · The Ghostagram · Gordon Snell · ss

57 · Mel and Squid and the Haunted Birds’ Eggs · Douglas Hill · ss

Spine Chillers ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, March 10, 1997, 1-85881-454-5, £1.00, 73pp, pb, oa)
Young-adult anthology of 6 original ghost stories.

1 · Beads in a Hollow · Hazel Townson · ss

9 · The Ghost on the Track · Roger Stevens · ss

23 · The Grey Pony · Mal Lewis Jones · ss

35 · Fingle Hall · Angela Bull · ss

47 · Flute · Marjorie Darke · ss

61 · Ghost Trains · John West · ss

Stranger Than Ever: Mysterious Stories ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-600-9, £1.00, 72pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)
Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories.

1 · Vandaland · Hazel Townson · ss

11 · Road to Nowhere · Nick Gifford · ss

29 · Three Hundred Million Years · Annie Campling · ss

41 · The Great Pandolfo’s Last Trick · Simon Edge · ss

59 · The Moss Garden · Susannah White · ss

Surprise Surprise: Stories to Make You Wonder ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, November 10, 1997, 1-85881-603-3, £1.00, 72pp, pb, oa, cover by George Smith)
Young-adult anthology of 5 original genre/mainstream stories.

1 · The Most Wonderful Creature in the World · Simon Edge · ss

11 · The Terrible Tale of Abigail · Kathy Still · ss

23 · Charlie and the Magic Bike · Nicholas Walker · ss

39 · Kylie and the Can-Can Beans · Caroline Pitcher · ss

53 · Pigs Might Fly · Sue Inman · ss

Time-Watch ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, March 10, 1997, 1-85881-450-2, £1.00, 74pp, pb, oa)
Young-adult anthology of six original SF stories of “The Past and the Future”. Authors include Stephen Bowkett.

1 · Helping Hercules · Francesca Simon · ss

13 · The Final Program · Stephen Bowkett · ss

27 · Knightmare · Jean Richardson · ss

39 · The Zarg Tyranny · Valerie Thame · ss

51 · The Gingerbread Channel · Paul Bright · ss

63 · Mummy Go Home! · Alan MacDonald · ss

Weird and Wonderful ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin, March 10, 1997, 1-85881-446-4, £1.00, 70pp, pb, oa)
Young-adult anthology of six original weird stories.

1 · The Gingerbread House · Adèle Geras · ss

13 · The Magic Fruit Machine · Hazel Townson · ss

21 · Babblish · Richard Brassey · ss

35 · Unlucky for Some · Helen McCann · ss

49 · Paradise Loft · Alison Leonard · ss

59 · Clownface · John Gatehouse · ss

Bone Swans by C. S. E. Cooney (Mythic Delirium Books, July 2015, 978-0-9889124-4-1, $15.95, 224pp, tp, co, cover by Kay Nielsen)
Collection of five stories, one original. Introduction by Gene Wolfe.

11 · Introducing C. S. E. Cooney · Gene Wolfe · ar

14 · Life on the Sun · C. S. E. Cooney · nv Black Gate Online February 11 2013

38 · The Bone Swans of Amandale · C. S. E. Cooney · na

100 · Martyr’s Gem · C. S. E. Cooney · na GigaNotoSaurus May 1 2013

143 · How the Milkmaid Struck a Bargain with the Crooked One · C. S. E. Cooney · na GigaNotoSaurus November 1 2013

183 · The Big Bah-Ha · C. S. E. Cooney · na Drollerie Press, 2010

Combat ed. Stephen Coonts (Tor/Forge, January 2001, 0-312-87190-2, $27.95, 766pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of ten military technothriller stories speculating on war in the near future, many only borderline SF. Authors include R.J. Pineiro, Dean Ing, and Dale Brown. The introduction by Coonts discusses the blurry line between high tech and SF in technothrillers.

9 · Introduction · Stephen Coonts · in

13 · al-Jihad · Stephen Coonts · na

73 · Leadership Material · Dale Brown · na

149 · Lash-Up · Larry Bond · na

267 · CaV · James Cobb · na

325 · Cyberknights · Harold W. Coyle · na

379 · Flight of Endeavour · R. J. Pineiro · na

473 · Breaking Point · David Hagberg · na

545 · Inside Job [Harve Rackham] · Dean Ing · na

611 · Skyhawks Forever · Barrett Tillman · na

719 · There Is No War in Melnica · Ralph Peters · na

Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper (privately published, 2006, no ISBN, 28pp, ph, oc)
Collection of poems; this “2nd ’punk’ edition”, limited to 5 copies, omits 8 poems from the original edition and adds one new one.

1 · Poems by Edmund Cooper · Shaun Cooper · in

2 · The Uncertain Power · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

3 · Autumn · Edmund Cooper · pm Review Fifty Summer/Autumn 1951

4 · Rydal Water · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

5 · Rack and Sea-Light · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

6 · Serenade · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

7 · Refugees · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

8 · The Mystery · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

9 · Arromanches · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

10 · Convoy · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

11 · Autumn Voyage · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

12 · In a Rediscovered Silence · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

13 · Nemo · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

14 · The Swan Song of J. Alembic Bluesock · Edmund Cooper · pm Bandwagon July/August 1952

16 · I, the Traveller · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

17 · The Lost Season · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

18 · Resolution · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

19 · Letter to a Dead Sailor · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

20 · Fen · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

21 · High-Flier · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

22 · The Way Back (Poem for Joyce) · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

23 · Mid-Ocean Moonlight · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

24 · Morning Alarm (Seven A.M.) · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

25 · Nostalgia · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

26 · For You · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

27 · Only Speaking in the Tongues of Men… · Edmund Cooper · pm Review Fifty Spring 1951

28 · A Man’s Eyes · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

Fly, Spring, You Eagle by Edmund Cooper (privately published, 2006, ph, oc)

ifc. · Letter to a Dead Sailor · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

· Return by Sea · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Sea Frenzy · Edmund Cooper · pm; written when he was 18.

· Bird · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Who Sheds His Own Desire · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Midnight Metaphysics · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Blood thought gathers”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Experience, shaping like a restless March”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Awake and Waiting · Edmund Cooper · pm Review Fifty Spring 1951
broadcast on BBC Third Programme 5-Apr-49.

· Return in Autumn · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Grotesque · Edmund Cooper · pm; three verse version.

· Grotesque · Edmund Cooper · pm; five verse version.

· Escape · Edmund Cooper · pm

· A Poem for Hans Andersen · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Day of Disfigurement · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Fly, Spring, you eagle and make journey where”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“See you in the mountains, girl, where you lie”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Dark of the hills lays an edge to the passing sunlight”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Coronation Song · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Dark Enemy · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Romance · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Come with me now in the moonlight”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Comes the gap between existing worlds”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· untitled (“Over the shingle and sand of all my speaking”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

· The Electronic Love Song of I. Q. Statik · Edmund Cooper · pm

· Letter to a Revolutionary · Edmund Cooper · ss Review Fifty Winter 1950, as by Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikoff

ibc. · The Ex Act · Edmund Cooper · pm

bc. · Introduction to The Broken City · Edmund Cooper · ex; from a typed manuscript collection of a lot of Cooper’s poems, dated 1958.

News from Elsewhere by Edmund Cooper (Mayflower, 1968, 6304-8, 3/6d, 108pp, pb, co, cover by Paul Lehr)

7 · The Menhir · Edmund Cooper · ss

13 · M81: Ursa Major · Edmund Cooper · ss Fantastic Universe February 1956, as “The End of the Journey”

32 · The Enlightened Ones · Edmund Cooper · nv Tomorrow’s Gift by Edmund Cooper, Ballantine, 1958

59 · Judgment Day · Edmund Cooper · ss Tomorrow Came by Edmund Cooper, Panther, 1963

70 · The Intruders · Edmund Cooper · nv Fantastic Universe April 1957, as “Intruders on the Moon”

93 · The Butterflies · Edmund Cooper · ss The London Mystery Magazine #29, June 1956

106 · The Lizard of Woz · Edmund Cooper · ss Fantastic Universe August 1958

117 · Welcome Home · Edmund Cooper · ss Today November 17 1962, as “The Pyramids of Mars”

Silence Into Light by Edmund Cooper (self-published, April 2007, no ISBN, 44pp, ph, co)

5 · Hidden Destinations · [uncredited] · in

7 · Detached Cantos: First · Edmund Cooper · pm

8 · Detached Cantos: Second · Edmund Cooper · pm

9 · Detached Cantos: Third · Edmund Cooper · pm

10 · High-Flier · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

11 · Mute · Edmund Cooper · pm

12 · untitled (“It is no further than a star”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

13 · Light Lies Heavy · Edmund Cooper · pm

14 · I, the Traveller · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

15 · Autumn Voyage · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

16 · Fen · Edmund Cooper · pm Figures in a Landscape by Edmund Cooper, privately published, 2003

17 · Love Touch · Edmund Cooper · pm

18 · untitled (“This impatient goad of beauty”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

19 · untitled (“Love, as through the summer rain”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

20 · Columbus · Edmund Cooper · pm

21 · Sometimes, When Your Beauty Changes… · Edmund Cooper · pm

22 · The Sharp Edge of Love · Edmund Cooper · pm

23 · Poem (“In this one heart”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

24 · untitled (“Above the unseen wake of drifting stars”) · Edmund Cooper · pm

25 · The Winter Man · Edmund Cooper · pm

26 · Bird of Doubt · Edmund Cooper · pm

27 · The Diary of Waslaw Nijinsky · Edmund Cooper · pm

28 · Honoured Sir, Lord and Master · Edmund Cooper · pm Courier August 1956

29 · Complaynt of Ye Rejected Scribe · Edmund Cooper · pm

30 · First · Edmund Cooper · pm

31 · Slum Child · Edmund Cooper · pm

32 · Algerian Mendicant · Edmund Cooper · pm

38 · But Dimly Be Awake · Edmund Cooper · pm

42 · Northern Approach · Edmund Cooper · pm

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